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Can I be fired for breaching data protection?
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confusedabouteverything
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Exactly as stated
A friend of mine sent an email containing critical information and documents about a particular person to a person who wasn't that person.
A friend of mine sent an email containing critical information and documents about a particular person to a person who wasn't that person.
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Yes you can0
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You will need to give an explanation as to what you did?
How long have you worked there?
What are the policies/procedures where you work, have they been breached?Thrifty Till 50 Then Spend Till the End
You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time0 -
a friend sent en email containing critical information and documents about a particular person to a person who wasn't that person.blue_haddock wrote: »Yes you can0 -
Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »You will need to give an explanation as to what you did?
How long have you worked there?
What are the policies/procedures where you work, have they been breached?
A friend of mine sent an email containing critical information and documents about a particular person to a person who wasn't that person.
They've worked there for a year.0 -
Was this within the company, ie another member of staff or to an external email.Thrifty Till 50 Then Spend Till the End
You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time0 -
I believe it was to an unrelated 3rd party0
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confusedabouteverything wrote: »Exactly as stated
A friend of mine sent an email containing critical information and documents about a particular person to a person who wasn't that person.
If your friend did it today then he needs to speak to his manager ASAP so that the IPO can be informed. If he leaves it a few days then i suspect he will lose his job. If he hides it and is found out because the recipient may be aware of GDPR and what happened, then it goes without saying, he has lost his job.Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »Was this within the company, ie another member of staff or to an external email.
Doesnt matter at all, under GDPR, if that person within the company has no reason to have that information but they recieve it, it is a breech.0 -
xapprenticex wrote: »
Doesnt matter at all, under GDPR, if that person within the company has no reason to have that information but they recieve it, it is a breech.
I haven't yet completed my mandatory GDPR training :eek:Thrifty Till 50 Then Spend Till the End
You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time0 -
Yes it is gross misconduct.0
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